As the U.S. federal government wavers over supporting a technology that converts tons of garbage into energy, companies worldwide are embracing this innovation and working towards building facilities, said researcher and businessman Lou Circeo.

Dr. Circeo is the chief scientist at Atlanta-based Applied Plasma Arc Technologies LLC, a private consulting firm affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology's new energy initiatives and located at the university's Advanced Technology Development Center. He is retired from the Georgia Tech Research Institute where he founded the Plasma Arc Research ...